Fountains of Wayne, ‘Welcome Interstate Managers’ (S-Curve/EMI)

Here’s to the artisanal-cheese-makers, the carpenters, the cobblers, the power-pop songwriters–dedicated craftsmen who still make high-quality products for an ever-shrinking clientele. Case in point: Fountains of Wayne.

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